Those who committed this atrocity should be tried and punished.
Synonyms: act of cruelty, wrong, crime, horror More Synonyms of atrocity
More Synonyms of atrocity
atrocity in British English
(əˈtrɒsɪtɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-ties
1.
behaviour or an action that is wicked or ruthless
2.
the fact or quality of being atrocious
3. (usually plural)
acts of extreme cruelty, esp against prisoners or civilians in wartime
atrocity in American English
(əˈtrɑsəti)
nounWord forms: pluralaˈtrocities
1.
atrocious behavior or condition; brutality, cruelty, etc.
2.
an atrocious act
3. Informal
a very displeasing or tasteless thing
Word origin
L atrocitas < atrox: see atrocious
Examples of 'atrocity' in a sentence
atrocity
He said that attempting to do so would shame those using their veto to protect those carrying out such atrocities.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This, despite their knowledge of his wartime atrocities.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But he added: 'There are also governments quite prepared to carry out atrocities to suit their purposes.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The youngsters were arrested by police in March, a month before they allegedly planned to carry out the atrocity.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The uncontrolled Republican militias were not the same as the disciplined troops of the rebels, who were encouraged by their officers to carry out atrocities.
Paul Preston The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution and Revenge
In other languages
atrocity
British English: atrocity NOUN
An atrocity is a very cruel, shocking action.
The killing was cold-blooded, and those who committed this atrocity should be tried and punished.
American English: atrocity
Brazilian Portuguese: atrocidade
Chinese: 暴行
European Spanish: atrocidad
French: atrocité
German: Gräueltat
Italian: atrocità
Japanese: 残虐行為
Korean: 잔학 행위
European Portuguese: atrocidade
Latin American Spanish: atrocidad
Chinese translation of 'atrocity'
atrocity
(əˈtrɔsɪtɪ)
n(c)
(= act of cruelty) 暴行 (bàoxíng) (种(種), zhǒng)
1 (noun)
Definition
an act of extreme cruelty
Those who committed this atrocity should be punished.
Synonyms
act of cruelty
wrong
I intend to right the wrong done to you.
crime
He has committed no crime and poses no danger to the public.
horror
the horror of this most bloody of civil wars
offence
It is a criminal offence to sell goods which are unsafe.
evil
Racism is one of the greatest evils in the world.
outrage
The terrorists' latest outrage is a bomb attack on a busy station.
cruelty
brutality
obscenity
the obscenities of civil war
wrongdoing
The authorities haven't found any evidence of criminal wrongdoing.
enormity
accounts of the horrific enormities perpetrated
monstrosity
the monstrosity of Nazism
transgression
tales of the candidate's alleged past transgressions
abomination
What is happening is an abomination.
barbarity
villainy
They justify their villainy in the name of their high ideals.
2 (noun)
Definition
behaviour that is wicked or cruel
stomach-churning tales of atrocity and massacre
Synonyms
cruelty
laws against cruelty to animals
wrong
horror
brutality
The Roman arena played host to appalling brutality in the name of entertainment.
wrongdoing
enormity
the enormity of the crime they had committed
savagery
the sheer savagery of war
ruthlessness
wickedness
moral arguments about the wickedness of nuclear weapons
They have sunk to new levels of wickedness.
inhumanity
the inhumanity of war
infamy
one of the greatest acts of infamy in history
transgression
barbarity
the barbarity of war
viciousness
the intensity and viciousness of this attack
villainy
baseness
monstrousness
heinousness
nefariousness
shockingness
atrociousness
fiendishness
barbarousness
grievousness
villainousness
Additional synonyms
in the sense of abomination
What is happening is an abomination.
Synonyms
outrage,
bête noire,
horror,
evil,
shame,
plague (informal),
curse,
disgrace,
crime,
atrocity,
torment,
anathema,
barbarism,
bugbear
in the sense of barbarity
Definition
the state of being barbaric or barbarous
the barbarity of war
Synonyms
viciousness,
horror,
cruelty,
brutality,
ferocity,
savagery,
ruthlessness,
inhumanity
in the sense of brutality
The Roman arena played host to appalling brutality in the name of entertainment.